Soda recognized the signs of what was about to happen just before it did. He realized that he really should have seen it coming the moment the guy walked in the store, but he just hadn't been paying enough attention and at this point he had no time to react. All of a sudden Soda was staring down the barrel of a handgun that was pointed directly at his face.

It's their worst nightmare. After working so hard to stay together, their family is suddenly torn apart again. Sodapop had just turned 18 when he had gotten his notice. He had been drafted to fight on the front lines of the Vietnam War. While he is gone, the rest of the gang is forced to try and live their lives unsure of whether they will ever see him again.

Sequel to The King and I. Harlem and Brooklyn at war and the newsies' lives have been turned upside down. At the same time the Delancey's missing sister, Emily, reappears from thin air. Now, the newsies and must befriend a Delancey to end the Newsie War.

17 yr old Floaty McGongle is Pulitzer's messenger & is doing all she can to help the newsies with their strike. When Jack brings her to Brooklyn to meet Spot Conlon, Floaty's life is turned upside down & she soon learns what Brooklyn wants, Brooklyn gets.